WESPORT.
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]STay 25. | A heavy gale is waging here, which J caused a mishap to the steamer Maori \ i last night. While-Veighing anchor m £ the roadstead a heavy sea struck her, -. causing a sudden jerk, and carrying A.: away the steam winch, completely V
smashing it. An anchor and thirty fathoms of chain were slipped, 1 but just buoyed for picking up when the gale abates.
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Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 64, 30 May 1877, Page 2
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69WESPORT. Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 64, 30 May 1877, Page 2
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